Decided to try a new fic. Hopefully won't be as sad as my other one. I aim for no one to die! Especially not Canada. It's too sad to kill Canada. Oh, in case you hadn't realised I really like stories set in schools… don't know why…

I was raised to find that if I did anything wrong, I got hit, whipped, hurt. I learnt from a very young age not to do wrong, my name's Antonio.

I was too afraid to make friends, what if I got whipped? I occasionally got beaten, when my parents came home drunk. I always did better than everyone else in my year, because of the punishment.

I sat in my corner of the cafeteria. I watched the crowd gathered around Lovino, he was extremely popular; he was nice, handsome and basically pretty good at everything. He had been raised by slightly carefree parents, they were pretty relaxed and they were nice, very nice.

I knew my parents probably had already picked out the girl I would marry. How would they react if I told them I didn't like girls? That I loved a boy? None other than Lovino… But he had a girlfriend, they'd been going out for a few years now, they were very close.

Her name was Wang Yao, but everyone called her Yao. She was Chinese and she loved pandas, she wore short skirts and her t-shirts hugged her small frame, she always had a panda backpack on and she wore her long brown hair in a side ponytail, today she wore a cute paperboy hat.

Even I, who loved another man, thought she was cute. She was lucky to have Lovino. Lovino wore a loose fitting jumper and shorts. She was so lucky… I wanted him…

I let my head flop onto my arms and I let quiet sobs rack my body. Lovino… So beautiful, so peaceful, but never to be mine.

We got our reports today and I got straight A's, I rushed home, ecstatic, would my parents finally be proud of me!?

I rushed into our beer-can littered lounge room. My dad ignored me, as usual "I got my report today!" I said, excitedly, my dad let out a non-committal grunt.

"Aaaaaaaaannnd… I got straight A's!"

"Humph! A buffoon like you!? Must have cheated…" My dad muttered, absorbed by the T.V.

I felt like a knife had cut my heart. But honestly, what had I expected?

"Darl! Want some beer?" My mum's voice sounded out from the kitchen. I ran to the kitchen "Mum! Mum! I got straight A's!"

She looked at me in surprise "You? Someone like you? –Snort- Yeah right… Give this to your dad, Hon"

She thrust six beers into my hands. "Aren't you proud?" I asked, heartbroken.

"Sure, Hon. Now, go give those to your dad or he'll get angry"

I felt crushed. I gave dad his beers, well, I threw them at him.

I got ready for school tomorrow and then changed into my pyjamas. I slipped into bed and fell asleep.

I woke to my dad smiling nastily at me, I could smell the alcohol on his breath. Damn… Drunk…

I threw myself out of bed and ripped my pyjamas off, I struggled into my clothes, but I was to slow. A punch hit my eye, I flew into the wall behind me. I felt my dad punching me, hitting everywhere. He hit me in the stomach, I started coughing blood.

Somehow, I wiggled under his legs, grabbed my bag and ran. I could barely walk, he'd thrashed me good and proper. I ran into mum on the way out and she got in some punches and hits, not as many as dad, though.

I limp-ran out of the door and headed to school "YEA! RUN! RUN LIKE THE COWARD YOU ARE!" My dad yelled.

I did just that, till I knew I was far enough away. I then became conscious that I was barely conscious, I couldn't see out of one eye and my body hurt, everywhere.

I staggered to a tree and sunk to my bottom, back resting against it. "Oww" I murmured, running my hand through my shaggy brown hair, I pulled a tomato out of my bag and gingerly bit into- OWWWWW!

"Even tomatoes hurt…"

"Oy! You okay?" a voice called.

I looked up and saw Lovino. He came over and squatted down in front of me. "Ow… Who did this?" He murmured, gently touching my black eye. "Hang on…"

He rummaged around in his bag and found what he was looking for, that was when he noticed my half eaten tomato. "You like tomatoes?"

"Yeah, love tomatoes"

"Huh…" He gently laid an icepack on my swollen eye.

I sucked in a breath as the ice touched my skin "Oh! I didn't hurt you, did I?" Lovino asked, concerned.

"No, it's just cold…"

Lovino kept me company for awhile as we figured out what to do. "You could go h-"

"No"

"Why? Was it your parents who did this?"

"Ye-yeah…"

"Then come to my house, I'll take the blame, and from the sound of your parents, they won't realise you're gone"

"Thanks…"

Lovino led me to his place, he picked me up and carried me bridal style, at first I protested. "Hey! Put me down!"

"In your state, you're in no state to walk or complain." Lovino told me.

I had to agree. So I shut up. When we got there Lovino told me to strip.

"What!? No way!" I yelled, going red. "You need to, so I can see your injuries" I felt my face flushing red, as I removed my clothes, with shaking hands. I only removed my t-shirt and rolled up my pants, refusing to take them off, Lovino understood.

He sat me down and ran his hands over my body. "Wha? Stop it!"

"I have had medical training, I'm not trying to grope you, so shut it!" He snapped, impatiently. After that I didn't complain, I only tried to limit the amount of redness creeping up my face.

He told me to put my clothes back on and told me he'd be back. I slipped my clothes on, my thoughts in a frenzy. He just! Touched me, like that! I felt my face going red. Ahhhh! Stop it!

Lovino came back with a glass of water. "Are you okay? You don't have temperature, do you?" He set the water on the table next to me and touched my forehead. Urgh… stop it! You're making me feel… "hmmm, you are a little warm, have a rest and drink some water"

Lovino fetched me a blanket and I curled up on his lounge. Damn Lovino was sexy… And hot, too…

Done! After being distracted loads! Hope you like please R & R ^_^